Stories by Ashton - Page 18
Open for business: 4,600km cable connecting AU & SG goes live
Fri, 14th Sep 2018
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network infrastructure
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datacentre infrastructure
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hyperscale
It's taken months of gruelling work and no shortage of investment, but the ASC is now live to present huge opportunities in APAC.
Digital Realty lures in two new senior exec job appointments
Fri, 14th Sep 2018
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microsoft
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digital realty
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blue shield
In another game of tech company musical chairs, Digital Realty has poached execs from Microsoft and Blue Shield to fill in its CIO and CISO roles.
Teraco: Digital transformation will be defined by the race to the edge
Thu, 13th Sep 2018
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hyperscale
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edge computing
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dc
Edge computing is undoubtedly one of the buzzwords of choice within data centre circles at the moment – up there with AI, IoT, and gender imbalances.
Data centre infrastructure revenue at all-time high – hybrid cloud the driver
Thu, 13th Sep 2018
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private cloud
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hybrid cloud
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hyperscale
Dell EMC, Microsoft, HPE, and Cisco (among others) are all profiting from a burgeoning market that has no signs of slowing.
Charles Meyers takes the reigns at Equinix – effective immediately
Thu, 13th Sep 2018
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hyperscale
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dc
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equinix
Charles Meyers steps in as the new President and CEO of Equinix, succeeding interim CEO Peter Van Camp, to lead the company's next growth phase.
Exclusive: Marseille is THE interconnection market to target says Interxion MD
Wed, 12th Sep 2018
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datacentre infrastructure
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hyperscale
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colocation
Marseille is Europe's fastest growing interconnection hub, driven by its location as the gateway between Europe, Africa, Middle East and Asia.
Flexential nearly doubles data center size with $32m expansion
Wed, 12th Sep 2018
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network infrastructure
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hyperscale
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dc
Flexential has nearly doubled its Portland data centre size with a USD $32m expansion, enhancing global connectivity and cutting-edge IT infrastructure.
Colt DCS expanding London data centre & almost doubling power supply
Wed, 12th Sep 2018
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hyperscale
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dc
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colocation
The company says the investment is simply to meet unrelenting demand, with the bulk of the expanded halls already claimed.
Azure outage postmortem: Microsoft reveals what happened and why
Wed, 12th Sep 2018
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devops
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hyperscale
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public cloud
Headlines around the world have been shouting about Azure's outage - here's MIcrosoft's postmortem on the matter.
Google continues renewable rampage with new wind farm investment
Tue, 11th Sep 2018
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hyperscale
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dc
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power / energy
Google's goal with this Finland investment is to buy enough renewable energy to match the power consumed across its global operations.
Dell domination – Global enterprise storage revenue surges 21.3%
Tue, 11th Sep 2018
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storage
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network infrastructure
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ibm
Rampant growth continues throughout the global enterprise storage market with Dell ahead of competitors HPE, NetApp, and IBM.
Survey: Rising role of IT in physical security provides opportunities
Mon, 10th Sep 2018
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physical security
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cybersecurity
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whitepaper
In addition to taking care of cybersecurity, IT departments are having to adapt to spearhead issues set forth by the physical security dept.
US public cloud startup moves into Interxion's Amsterdam data centre
Sat, 8th Sep 2018
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hyperscale
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public cloud
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dc
The company is looking to utilise Interxion's facilities in Amsterdam to better serve its European customer base.
Sunshine Coast connecting to Asia and the US with new submarine cable
Fri, 7th Sep 2018
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network infrastructure
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investment
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undersea cables
A $35m contract has been signed for a submarine cable connecting Australia's Sunshine Coast to Asia and the United States.
JD Cloud and VSTECS to combine resources in effort to go global
Fri, 7th Sep 2018
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hyperscale
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dc
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partner programmes
They have signed a strategic agreement to combine their resources, including the construction and operation of data centers.
Facebook to launch first data center in Asia – a S$1.4b colossus
Thu, 6th Sep 2018
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hyperscale
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dc
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facebook
The new data center will be located in Singapore and will be more than three times bigger than the nation's current largest facility.
Hydro66 appoints new exec to support blockchain investments
Thu, 6th Sep 2018
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hyperscale
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blockchain
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colocation
A new executive role has been created to support the company's ambitions to take advantage of the opportunities present in the blockchain markets.
Downtime a crippling issue in APAC State of Wi-Fi Study
Thu, 6th Sep 2018
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uc
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network infrastructure
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wireless networks
Ruckus has released findings from its study of 1200 organizations in APAC who collectively have lost US$53m from downtime in the last 12 months.
Xero 'brings small business platform to life' with string of updates
Thu, 6th Sep 2018
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fintech
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martech
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commerce systems
Xero says the major new products and features are intended to enable owners and their advisors to build more efficient and profitable operations.
Crayon banking on South-East Asia with new AI Center of Excellence
Thu, 6th Sep 2018
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ai
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healthtech
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microsoft
It will be the company's second AI research center aiming to bring huge innovation to the region, partnering with the existing facility in Norway.